The district was first created in 1989 and then turned into Nanaimo-Parksville in 2000. Parksville-Qualicum was re-created in 2008 from Nanaimo-Parksville and Alberni-Qualicum.

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A wise district? In 2011 Parksville-Qualicum had the most senior residents of all other districts in the province, with 33 per cent of residents age 65+. It also had the third fewest census families with children 24 and under of all districts (32 per cent to the provincial average of 40 per cent).

That follows trends in 2006, when more seniors lived in Parksville-Qualicum than any other coastal or island district. They represented 29 per cent of residents in the district.